Month: June 2003
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I told you so!Elbow licking mutants are among us, and my boyfriend’s one of them. His mother also confirmed on the phone tonight that he inherited the trait from her. In case you’re wondering, it’s not that they have freakishly long tongues so much as really bendy and double-jointed shoulders. Snookums can pull his arm…
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New Poll: Can you lick your own elbow? Most folks would say it’s impossible. I certainly can’t do it; my elbow is miles from my tiny tongue. And yet… last night I personally watched someone achieve this feat! (Photographic evidence is forthcoming.) Clearly this person is a mutant with powers the average person can only…
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We had some crazy fog in Sydney this morning. Check out the pictures. Anzac Bridge is decidedly spooky when you can’t see anything but the other cars. (I also thought it was pretty funny that even though it’s been eight years since I was in high school, my first thought when I looked outside was…
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Tracey has organized her latest mass photographic “happening”: 26 Things. It’s sorta like a scavenger hunt. I signed up, which should be interesting seeing as how we’ll be on holiday for most of it.
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Grammar Nerds: I’ve recently noticed yet another Australian linguistic quirk. Many people, when cheering for their favorite sports team, add a “the” in there. For example, last weekend I heard lots of folks say “Go the Wallabies!” See, doesn’t that sound weird? I kept trying to explain the weirdness to the Snook by, like, diagramming…
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The Herald is running a rather annoying article about efforts to catalogue Roald Dahl’s papers before the opening of his new museum in the UK next year. Oh, I think the archive is a good idea, but I have serious misgivings about the inevitable whitewashing of history that will occur. Towards the end of his…
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Last summer Indiana had the West Nile virus; this year… monkeypox?? No way.
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GAHHHHLKJKLHJLKHJKLHKLHKLJ. Frustration. I’m knitting a sweater for the Snook and I’ve had to redo the patterned stripe on the front, like, three times today. I’m giving up for now. Luckily we have tomorrow off so I’ll be able to fix it! (Hooray for the Queen’s birthday! Nothing like a public holiday to make a nation…
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Max is lamenting the passing of the great Jenny Jones show. As I commented on his post, my favorite Jenny episode ever was: “Your Hair is Green, Your Face is Pierced, I Want You Baby… You’re Fierce!” Ahhh, what else are you going to watch on summer vacation to fill the time before Days of…
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Congratulations to Kenya and Sal on their wedding. The Snook was a groomsman, as you can see here. Doesn’t he look handsome? The church was out in Watson’s Bay, which is right at the mouth of Sydney Harbour. The view was amazing; on one side you could see all the way back into the Harbour…